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Speaker 1: Guys.

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Speaker 2: Good to see you guys again.

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Speaker 1: Good.

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Speaker 2: Can't complain, man, it's been two nice days in a

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Speaker 1: How would you describe this voluntary out the programming what

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Speaker 1: you guys are accomplishing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think it's just it's just setting

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Speaker 2: our goals and we're going for this, uh this next

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Speaker 2: upcoming season, and then just holding each other to that

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Speaker 2: six standard every day. I mean, it doesn't matter if

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Speaker 2: you're a rookie who's you know, it's your second day here,

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Speaker 2: or you're a ten eight year vet. Like, everyone's got

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Speaker 2: the same goals and we're all going to hold each

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Speaker 2: other to, you know, a certain level because you have

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Speaker 2: to be at that certain level to accomplish your goals

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Speaker 2: for this next up upcoming season. So it's been fun, man.

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Speaker 2: I love grinding with these guys and getting out and

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Speaker 2: you know, showing what we can do.

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Speaker 1: If you retired, still around, but you know, enough practice

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Speaker 1: for you guys, what changes for you? Sire? Any more

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Speaker 1: pressure for you this year? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I mean I hold myself to a super high standard

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Speaker 2: to begin with. I don't think anything changes in that aspect,

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Speaker 2: but you know, being one of those guys that has

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Speaker 2: trying to take more of a leadership role when you know,

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Speaker 2: Matt was the guy for the past two seasons I

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Speaker 2: and you know, like I said, holding those guys to

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Speaker 2: a certain standard, and you know, any any little bit

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Speaker 2: of information I have, like a tip or anything. I'm

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Speaker 2: trying to help these young guys bring along with us

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Speaker 2: because the faster they get acclimated to the game and

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Speaker 2: better for the whole team in general. So it's been

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Speaker 2: it's been fun kind of taking on that that.

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Speaker 1: That new role.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I didn't really know what his plan

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Speaker 2: just awesome having him around still longs. Yeah, So my

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Speaker 2: brother played in the XFL. Well, what was the XFL

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Speaker 2: last year? And he said that was the same rules

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Speaker 2: we're still getting to know all the rules and you know,

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Speaker 2: seeing how it's going to look for us because everybody

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Speaker 2: you know, we're coming up with like the best schemes

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Speaker 2: just see how it looks on paper first before we

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Speaker 1: Brendan Natalie Matthews, you're tired of the coat. You're tired.

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Speaker 1: And Chris is along with the team and we're talking

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Speaker 1: about leadership of the four guys. How much if things

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Speaker 1: changed for you in just Europe. Going from season two

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Speaker 2: Younger Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's it's just leaning

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Speaker 2: leaning on those guys heavy still because I don't I

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Speaker 2: So just doing doing that and showing up every day

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Speaker 1: It was a mad yew It's difficult tasting the whole,

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Speaker 2: I think he's more of just like a kind of

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Speaker 2: you know, do whatever I can to help this team win.

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Speaker 2: Coach Coach Oh, I love both of them.

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Speaker 1: They're there.

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Speaker 2: They have a little bit of a different coaching style,

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Speaker 2: as every coach does so, but I've known Coach Springer

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Speaker 1: Describe.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's got high energy. Whatever day it is,

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Speaker 2: all you can ask for as a player to coach

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Speaker 2: what did you like from your performance last season?

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Speaker 1: And maybe bore something that you'd like to see and

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Speaker 2: You Yeah, I mean, like first and foremost, I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: a lot last year, which you know isn't like an

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Speaker 2: that kind of helped me. You'll navigate a season like

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Speaker 2: I think it kind of helped me be more even

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Speaker 1: He actually fund your own the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I was at my old apartment, uh

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Speaker 1: What does it take yourself with that? Will you this

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Speaker 2: I think you got to be just mentally super tough.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you only get one snap, especially when you're

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Speaker 2: So just taking advantage of every opportunity that you get,

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Speaker 2: we got to take it serious.

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Speaker 1: People telling mental active So you'rel to jewish Elsey.

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Speaker 2: At all our Yes, Yeah, we talked and I just

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Speaker 2: wished him luck and you know, I'm sure his phone

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Speaker 2: great fit for Matt.

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Speaker 1: What has your impression been of the rookie class. How

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Speaker 1: many of those guys have you gotten to meet.

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Speaker 2: It's only day two with them so far, so you know,

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Speaker 2: they're they're eager, they're in the building early, they're asking questions,

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Speaker 2: they're on the field work in the tailoff, and like

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Speaker 2: for as a rookie, That's the biggest thing is like

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Speaker 2: when you're out there, it is just fly around, go

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Speaker 2: one hundred percent. And if you if you make a mistake,

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Speaker 2: we're going to coach you up. But don't be hesitant.

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Speaker 2: You know, whatever you're going to do it do one

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Speaker 2: hundred percent. And that's what I've seen so far. So

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Speaker 2: I'm proud of them what they've done. Going back to

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Speaker 2: the kickoff rule, just looking at it initially, is the

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Speaker 2: change in structure, change.

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Speaker 1: At all, how you prepare for the season.

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Speaker 2: You know, like I said, everyone's going through it for

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Speaker 2: I kind of like leaned down my brother a little bit,

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Speaker 2: all going to be, you know, figuring out what it's

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Speaker 2: like when we when we got to have that first.

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Speaker 2: On Yeah, he just said, it's like a phone bought,

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Speaker 2: Like you're in a phone booth, you know, and if

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Speaker 2: you're if you're good with hand defeats and you know,

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Speaker 2: all right. So that's what I'm trying to have my

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Speaker 1: I see a lot of the horse fans. You know,

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Speaker 1: there are any younger players in the last year and

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Speaker 2: I mean, you have guys that have been in the

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm excited to see what these these rookies

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Speaker 2: I hope, you know that's that's their mindset and their goal.

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Speaker 2: I mean yeah, I mean Marcus is a huge, I

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Speaker 2: You know, he's he's explosive, you know, he's at any

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Speaker 2: he could play safety. You know, it's I think it's

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Speaker 1: Earl. Would you say some areas that you're trying to

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Speaker 1: work on.

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Speaker 2: Its definitely my leadership roles. I've never been like a

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Speaker 2: huge one that I've been kind of working on right

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Speaker 2: now during OTAs. But when we get on the field,

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Speaker 2: it's just fine tuning every little aspect of my game.

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Speaker 2: I know I'm not perfect and everything, you know, any

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Speaker 2: any facet of the game. So taking these little coaching

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Speaker 2: bits that you know Coach Quinn and Coach Springer are

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Speaker 2: are are given me. So it's just being a sponge,

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Speaker 2: just trying to suck up everything that I can right

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Speaker 2: now and you know, just be the best player I

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Speaker 1: Now you ask